The word huaca (also waka) is a quechua word that refers to an ancient site or sacred place. To huaquear is 'to loot'...huaqueando - looting. This site is dedicated to providing a graphic image of destruction of archaeological sites caused by looting.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Even the hills aren't safe

A series of looter's holes at the summit of an Early Horizon fortified hilltop. Normally looters stick to cemeteries - they may have found one here. Four years ago this site was untouched. Now, even a tough climb up a mountain won't stop a looter.Photo by Margaret Brown Vega, 2008.

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Looting/Huaqueando

You will find photographs of archaeological looting, primarily from coastal desert sites in Peru. Because of the dry conditions, many things preserve well on the Peruvian coast. Unfortunately, looting and other forms of site destruction have thrashed large areas of the coast. The images here are intended to show, very graphically, what looters do to the sites, and to the remains of ancient peoples who once lived in these places.M. Brown Vega